Crime & Safety

Sentence: 37.5 Years for Leon Henry Anderson in Richfield Murder

He pled guilty to killing Richard Webb and trying to kill his wife, Toni Gail Jackson in 2012.

Leon Henry Anderson of Minneapolis—who had pleaded guilty to the 2012 murder of Richard Webb and the attempted murder of his wife, Toni Gail Jackson, in their Richfield home—was sentenced to 37.5 years behind bars, KARE 11 reported Tuesday. 

Webb, 79, was found dead in his home in the 7300 block of Elliot Avenue S. on March 2, 2012. Investigators reported that Webb suffered many cuts and died of “complex homicidal violence.” Jackson was also found in the home with her throat cut but survived the attack.

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